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Join Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, as he delivers insights from the book and his career as a cancer physician and researcher for our 6th Annual Cindy Wool Memorial Seminar on Humanism in Medicine.

Dr. Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. He recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.”

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician, researcher, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff cancer physician at the CU/NYU Presbytarian Hospital. A former Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford (where he received a PhD studying cancer-causing viruses) and from Harvard Medical School.

Don't miss Arlo Guthrie LIVE performing one of America's greatest musical treasures - Alice's Restaurant and song throughout his legendary career!

"A great reminder of just how effective a bit of absurdity can be when it comes to combating serious issues." -Rolling Stone

"A quintessential Guthrie composition in the way it turns a true story into an amusing folk tale." -New York Times

"The strength of 'Alice's Restaurant' is its feel of truth -- and how it speaks that truth to power." -Washington Post

"If there's one Turkey Day custom in our city that people actually enjoy, it's the airing of the classic 1967 Arlo Guthrie yarn 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree'." -Philadelphia Weekly

Legendary folk music icon Arlo Guthrie is traveling to Fox Tucson during his 18-month North American Tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired the seminal song, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree." A musical monologue running more than 18 minutes, "Alice's Restaurant" has become a Thanksgiving holiday anthem to families across the globe and it all originates from Guthrie's experience on Thanksgiving in 1965.

As well as this crowd-pleasing tribute to music anthems sung in it's entirety, Guthrie performs selections from every full-length studio album he's released since Alice's Restaurant debuted in 1967.

"I didn't think I was gonna live long enough to have to learn 'Alice's Restaurant' again," Arlo Guthrie says with a smile. "It was a quirky kinda thing to begin with. Nobody writes an 18-minute monologue expecting fame and fortune. The initial success of the song really took me by surprise more than anyone else. The fact that I have contended with it for five decades either by having to learn it again or by not doing it, has been an interesting balancing act. I'm surely looking forward to adding it to the repertoire though for the 50th Anniversary Tour."￼￼￼ Folk songs enduring many decades of change only become classics when storylines remain just as relevant today as they were when originally composed. "Alice's Restaurant" is of this ilk; it's now weaved into the fabric of American society. Fans have embraced "Alice's Restaurant" as part of their annual Thanksgiving tradition, but also view it as one of the more pronounced anti-war rally songs. Every year, Arlo receives handfuls of letters from Vietnam vets and soldiers currently at war expressing their heartfelt connection to the song

Today, times are eerily similar to the mid-60's, with wars being fought far away from home, and soldiers finding ways to cope. Music is often the best thing to soothe the soul. However listeners interpret the quintessential tune, we can be rest assured that people of all different walks of life come together singing that famous chorus, "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant...". "Alice's Restaurant's" hilarious account of actual events that precluded Arlo Guthrie from military service (1966) became a platinum selling record (1967) and full-length motion picture (1969) at the outset of his lauded career. Interestingly enough, the song's lyrics reference the number 50 several times (i.e. "...there was five police officers, and three police cars, being the biggest crime of the last 50 years... I had to pay $50 to pick up the garbage..."), and here we are 50 years later commemorating the lengthiest hit single in music history. Due of its length, Arlo has only added the complete "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" to his touring menu on the 10-year anniversaries. For the last five decades, Arlo has carried on the Guthrie family legacy of sharing timeless stories and unforgettable classics to audiences far and wide. "The Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour" brings together an ensemble of fine musicians never to grace the stage together at one time. Arlo's deft band includes Terry Hall (drums), Bobby Sweet (guitar, vocals), Darren Todd (guitar), and his son, Abe Guthrie (keyboards). Each show is also curated with a special multi-media presentation featuring previously unseen images from the Guthrie archives. More than 75,000 photos have recently been digitized, and selections will be projected along with Peter Star's claymation film depicting Arlo's "Motorcycle Song".

On "Alice's Restaurant" becoming such a cultural phenomenon, Arlo says, "Well, I've always loved good stories. And I've loved telling tall tales. Why people enjoy it is beyond me. I haven't sung 'Alice' for years and people still keep coming to the gigs. 'Alice' has taken on a life of its own and become attached to Thanksgiving. If I had to guess though, maybe because it's a story about a little guy against a big world."

Michael Sweet has been rocking since 1983, when he performed with Stryper, one of the top Christian rock bands of all-time, and certainly the most celebrated Christian metal band of all time.

Michael is responsible for such '80s metal classic albums as “Soldiers Under Command,” “To Hell with the Devil,” “In God We Trust,” and such MTV hit singles/videos as "Calling on You," "Free," and "Honestly."

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Mike Tramp will take his fans on a journey from his beginnings as the frontman of White Lion through his 90’s tenure with Freak of Nature to his solo career that started with Capricorn in 1998 right up to his two albums with the Rock'n'Roll Circuz and a new solo album “Museum."

With wonderfully arranged versions of his best known songs like “When Children Cry” and “Little Fighter,” Mike give a personal performance, joyous for the singer and insightful for his fans.

The stories behind the songs, the era, the world of the 80’s, 90’s and now through Mike’s eyes will be laid bare and performed in their rawest form – just as Mike wrote them originally on acoustic guitar.

Mary Chapin Carpenter returns to the stage singing both timeless hits and deep cuts from her expansive career. Carpenter will be joined on stage by longtime friends Jon Carroll (piano) and John Doyle (guitars, bouzouki) and special guest singer/songwriter, Aoife O'Donovan. Over the course of her career, Carpenter has sold over 13 million records. With hits like “Passionate Kisses, "Down at the Twist and Shout," Shut Up and Kiss Me,” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” she has won five Grammy Awards (with 15 nominations), two CMA awards and two Academy of Country Music awards for her vocals. Her songs speak to the most personal of life’s details and the most universal.

Carpenter has spent the past year performing alongside world-renowned orchestras since the release of her debut orchestral album, Songs From the Movie (Zoë /Rounder), which was conducted and arranged by six-time Grammy Award winner Vince Mendoza. Carpenter’s world debut orchestral concert took place on January 24 at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Last spring she performed two milestone concerts at New York’s Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Mr. Mendoza, and was joined by special guests Joan Baez, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Tift Merritt and Aoife O’Donovan. In fact, Aoifie O'Donovan will be joining Mary as a special guest for this unforgettable evening at The Fox!

AOIFE O'DONOVAN

A Prairie Home Companion favorite who has performed with the Boston Pops and celebrated artists including Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile, Brooklyn-based folk singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan has had her music recorded by bluegrass-country superstar Alison Krauss. After playing for a decade with the progressive bluegrass band Crooked Still, vivid songs and tender vocals shine on her highly acclaimed full-length solo debut Fossils.

ou do not want to miss your chance to see Rick perform ‘Stripped Down’ and get up close and personal with the man and his music! This very intimate evening includes music, storytelling and a special question and answer session between Rick and his audience!

The Grammy Award winning musician sings a few of his many hits, songs from his latest CD, Songs for the End of the World, and old favorites that the singer has never played live.

With 25 million records sold, 17 Top 40 hits, including "Don't Talk to Strangers", "An Affair of the Heart", "I've Done Everything for You", "Love Somebody" and "Human Touch", as well as a 1981 Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal for his #1 hit single "Jessie's Girl", Springfield shows no signs of slowing down.

The iconic rock star has been touring for more than 30 years and his shows are legendary for their rock heavy, high-energy full band sets. Springfield felt the time was right for a change. Wanting to bring a more intimate and different show to his audience, Springfield is excited to bring this change to his fans. “There are some old favorite songs that I’ve written that I have never had the chance to perform live mainly because they have never fit into our sets.”

In early 2013, Springfield collaborated with The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl on the song, The Man That Never Was, for the Sound City soundtrack, Sound City: Real to Reel. At the 2014 Grammy Awards the album won for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. In May 2014 Springfield’s first novel, Magnificent Vibration was released marking his second publication on the New York Times Bestsellers List and he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Currently, he is finishing production on the Tristar film Ricki And The Flash to be released in Summer 2015 and co-starring with Meryl Streep and Kevin Klein